On Sunday 04 June 2017 01:46:57 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 03.06.17 19:47, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On my feet a good share of the day, I'll pay for it in the night > > with leg cramps. I'll take an extra big b12 pill, which sometimes > > helps because metformin flushes b12 out into a big white bowl. :) > > Gene, a magnesium supplement tablet fixes my nocturnal leg cramps, > often with ten minutes, if chewed. YMMV, as it perhaps depends on a > person's condition.
The form of magnesium (oxide) in the OTC stuff has very poor absorbsion, like 4%. I ran out about 3 weeks ago and haven't picked up another bottle of those, I probably should, and add 2 in the morning pockets, and 2 in the evening pockets of my weekly pilltainer > > Dunno how you keep going if the B12 goes low, though. Is it the > sub-lingual pill, as the others mostly go straight through with > minimal absorption? Since switching to the under-the-tongue pills, > I've not needed B12 jabs. I've been washing those down with half a 8 oz glass of water. Big pale red chalky looking pill I haven't bothered to taste. I just know I need it. :) > Thanks for the reminder about the mag, Erik, its a reminder I needed. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
